216 CAPRIFOLIACE^E. [Amelia. 



A large shrub. Bark grey, with longitudinal fissures. Wood grey- 

 ish or bluish white, hard, close and even-grained. Pores extremely small, 

 except those at the edge of each annual ring, which are small and con- 

 tinuous. Medullary rays very numerous, moderately broad and very 

 fine, the former short. 



Safedkoh and Suliman Range, North-West Himalaya, between 4,000 and 10,000 

 feet. 



Has very pretty flowers, but the wood is not used. Weight, G5 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 

 H 2937. Naldchra, Simla, 7,500 feet 65 



4. LONICERA, Linn. 



Contains 26 species, 21 of which are erect and 5 climbing. They are mostly small 

 shrubs of the Himalaya, 2 only being found in the Nilgiris and Western Ghats. 

 The Himalayan species are mostly from high altitudes, some occurring only in Tibet. 

 L. spinosa, Jacqaeinont ; Brandis 255, is a small rigid shrub of the inner arid Hima- 

 laya. L. hypoleuca, Decaisne, Brandis 256. Vern. Kharmo, kodi, Chenab ; Zhiko, 

 rapes ho, Sutlej, is a small shrub of the Inner Himalaya. L. Myrtillus, Hook. f. and 

 Th., is a shrub of the Inner Himalaya from the Indus to Sikkim, from 9,000 to 12,000 

 feet. L. ligustrina, Wall. ; Beddome cxxiv., is a shrub, common on the Nilgiris, where it is 

 used as a hedge-plant : it is also found in the Himalaya. Of the climbing species, 

 Jj.japonica, Thunb. ; Gamble 46. Vern. Duari lara, Nep. ; and L. glabrata, Wall. ; 

 Gamble 45. Vern. Betlara, Nep. (No. E 2863, Tukdah, Darjeeling, with a soft brown 

 wood, large pores and the structure of a climber) come from the Eastern Himalaya; 

 while L. Leschenaultii, Wall., grows in the Malabar hills from 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 

 The European Honeysuckle is L. Periclymenum, Linn. 



1. L. quinquelocularis, Hardwicke; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 537; Brandis 

 255. Vern. Jarlangei, adei, Trans-Indus; Phut, Jhelam ; Titabaitri, 

 pdkhur, Kashmir ; Bakhru, Chenab ; Klium, sdi, Ravi ; Dendra, Beas ; 

 Kliunti, krauntij takla,zbang, razbam, bhajra, bhijaul, bijgai, Sutlej; Bet 

 kukri, bhal kukra, cheraya, kurmali, Kumaun. 



A large deciduous shrub. Bark thin, grey, with longitudinal fissures, 

 peeling off in long shreds. "Wood white, with a brown centre, very hard 

 and close-grained. Annual rings marked by a narrow continuous belt 

 of pores ; in the remainder of the annual ring the pores are extremely 

 small. Medullary rays short, fine, numerous. 



Suliman Range, North-West Himalaya, between 2,500 and 9,000 feet. 

 Used only for firewood. Cattle are fed on the leaves. Weight, 52 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot. 



H 81. Mashobra, Simla, 7,000 feet 



H 2874. Nagkanda, 8,000 feet 52 



H 3180. Dungagalli, Hazara, 7,000 feet 



2. L. orientalis, Lamarck ; Brandis 256. 



A shrub. Bark peeling off in thin fiakes. Wood white, with a 

 darker centre, moderately hard. Structure the same as that of L. quhi- 

 quelocularis. 



North-West Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaun, 8,000 to 10,000 IV. 



II 2000. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 fei-t. 

 H 3017. Hattu, Simla, 10,000 feet. 



